Nice to see that Occupy Wall Street is finally getting some press. Sure it took Police responding with pepper spray and taking down photographers to do it, but at least it’s gaining some traction in the mainstream me…..

#4 Maddog 1068 There’s NO WAY IN HELL the union would ever allow that! Of course, they’re all in favor of rolling a tape when they have control over who sees it.

NYC sounds like a really f*d up place these days. I read this account of getting around town with the UN in town. (Yea, I know, Lew Rockwell is just about Art Bell level crazy at times, Ms Akers seems to be on the ball most of the time.) Reminds me of stories I heard about Washington under the Bush White House, where huge motorcades would fly through town at 50+MPH, all the intersections closed off for a straight shot, because Dear Leader’s time is much more important than anyone else’s.

There’s a huge frickin’ party going on, and we’re not invited. Of course we are stuck with the bill. That’s the real reason DC is so worried about unemployment. If they don’t get us back to being productive drones soon, they won’t be able to party anymore.

You indict SEC, Fannie, and Goldman, same as the Occupy Wall St protestors. Yet, “I trust the police will continue keeping the street clear for free movement and commerce on one of the most important streets in America.” They are the 99%, just as you claim the Tea Party is.

What I noticed on the first viewing was that there were officers on the other end of the oddly movable orange police line barrier area. If they were forcibly trying to drive people out of a place how is that going to work if you are cutting off the escape route?

As O’Donnell says, nobody in the crowd appeared to be violent. They were simply refusing to leave. The tackling and arm-twisting are only called for if the person being arrested presents a danger to either the officers or a bystander. In absence of that danger violence against protesters is simply wrong.

Refusing a command to leave an area might be a predicate for getting arrested, but is not the same as resisting arrest.

I would like to contrast this to the positions I took in the thread about that moran who took his shirt off to protest the TSA a few weeks ago.

Lots of people here accused me of being a booster to authoritarianism then. This case ought to show the difference in graphic terms.

There is a big difference between getting arrested for refusing to leave a protest, and being trapped and beaten for same.

#32 Hmmm I agree every public employee in a position of power. Since we all pay for them we should all be able to monitor what they do on our dime. Besides… “If they are not doing anything wrong what do they have to fear” … right. Of course the unions won’t sign up for it so make it mandatory for employment. If they don’t bite get new employees who will. I am sure in this jobs economy there would be a few new applicants. There is no reason to have unions for public employees… any public employees.
Secondary thought…
You could sell all this footage for use in reality TV shows. The proceeds of these sales would then be used to fund the pensions of the groups who were in the recordings. Win, Win, Win situation.

#29 I am a Libertarian, I hate government. I also hate Anarchist shits who “protest” at the drop of a hat just so they can go break shit.

Who the hell are you to judge why people protest? And all the accounts of the Wall Street protests indicate the protesters were peaceful, and the police stirred things up. Get your head out of your ass.

I am not a “right winger”. I just happen to see the real shit, and see how the media distorts it to control tools like yourself.

If you saw the “real shit” you’d see that weakening government puts HUGE power into the hands of big corporations. And life was so great during the days of the robber barons, when government was weak and corporations were strong. Riiiiiight.

You’re the tool, pal, you and all your libertarian buddies. The big corporations love you.

And if you hate government so much, then put your money where your mouth is and move to one of the hellholes where there is no government, like Somalia or one of the other many failed states around the world. Don’t be leeching off me and the other taxpayers in American who pay for this civilization you benefit from here.

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